Europe
Catalyst safety assessment: Making catalyst and adsorbent startups safer
An unease around potential high temperature and pressures during fresh catalyst and adsorbent startups—which can lead to situations where designed pressures and temperatures are exceeded—led the authors’ company to create the Catalyst Safety Assessment (CSA) methodology.
Slovakia will halt diesel supplies to Ukraine unless oil transit restored, PM says
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Monday his country would halt diesel supplies to Ukraine if Kyiv fails to restore oil flows from Russian group Lukoil through its territory.
Cepsa swings back to profit in 2Q on higher prices, wider refinery margins
Spain's second largest oil company Cepsa said on Monday it returned to profit in the second quarter thanks to higher oil and gas prices, lower costs and wider refining margins.
Italy's Saipem sees business opportunities in green ammonia
Italian energy contractor Saipem, which has traditionally focused on oil and gas contracts, sees business opportunities arising in low-carbon areas including green ammonia.
European refiners' golden era draws to end as demand sags
European oil refiners TotalEnergies and Neste warned of further weakness in profit margins amid sagging demand, signaling an end to a brief era of stellar profits that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
German government signs off on hydrogen import strategy
Germany's government adopted a strategy for the import of hydrogen to help secure sustainable energy supply as it embarks on creating fossil fuel alternatives for large parts of its industry.
Boeing to test Firefly Green Fuels' sewage waste to SAF technology
The companies will help in testing and advancing Firefly Green Fuels’ cutting-edge technology to increase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production in the UK.
DNV completes CCS guidance documents to streamline CO2 storage in the European Economic Area
DNV has successfully supported the European Commission’s update of four non-binding guidance documents on geological carbon storage under the Carbon Capture and Storage Directive. This update aims to streamline permitting procedures and support sustainable CO2 storage solutions in the European Economic Area.
BASF achieves ISCC+ certification across all its global major production sites for acrylics, alcohols, glycol ethers and acetates
BASF achieves ISCC+ certification across all its global major production sites for acrylics, alcohols, glycol ethers and acetates. With this step, BASF is now able to produce more than 60 products related to this portfolio with one or more sustainability attributes.
EU to set tariffs on Chinese biodiesel in anti-dumping probe
The European Union (EU) is set to impose provisional duties on Chinese biodiesel after finding it is being sold in EU markets at unfairly low prices, in the latest in a string of trade cases against China.
- LanzaJet expands partnership with Microsoft to strengthen the company’s global growth 6/13
- Phelan Green Group's $2.6-B eMethanol project remains on schedule 6/13
- Algeria launches $7-B investment plan to expand hydrocarbon processing 6/13
- AFPM/API: President Trump officially overturns California (U.S.) gas car ban 6/12
- Decision on oil refiner Italiana Petroli's sale expected around end-June 6/12
- EIA: U.S. crude stocks fall, gasoline and distillate inventories rise as refining activity increases 6/12
